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.TH "SD_BUS_MESSAGE_SKIP" "3" "" "systemd 257" "sd_bus_message_skip"
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.SH "NAME"
sd_bus_message_skip \- Skip elements in a bus message
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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#include <systemd/sd\-bus\&.h>
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.HP \w'int\ sd_bus_message_skip('u
.BI "int sd_bus_message_skip(sd_bus_message\ *" "m" ", const\ char*\ " "types" ");"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBsd_bus_message_skip()\fR
is somewhat similar to
\fBsd_bus_message_read\fR(3), but instead of reading the contents of the message, it only moves the "read pointer"\&. Subsequent read operations will read the elements that are after the elements that were skipped\&.
.PP
The
\fItypes\fR
argument has the same meaning as in
\fBsd_bus_message_read()\fR\&. It may also be
\fBNULL\fR, to skip a single element of any type\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
On success,
\fBsd_bus_message_skip()\fR
returns 0 or a positive integer\&. On failure, it returns a negative errno\-style error code\&.
.SS "Errors"
.PP
Returned errors may indicate the following problems:
.PP
\fB\-EINVAL\fR
.RS 4
The
\fIm\fR
parameter is
\fBNULL\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-EBADMSG\fR
.RS 4
The message cannot be parsed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-EPERM\fR
.RS 4
The message is not sealed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-ENXIO\fR
.RS 4
The message end has been reached and the requested elements cannot be read\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-ENOMEM\fR
.RS 4
Memory allocation failed\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
Functions described here are available as a shared library, which can be compiled against and linked to with the
\fBlibsystemd\fR\ \&\fBpkg-config\fR(1)
file\&.
.PP
The code described here uses
\fBgetenv\fR(3), which is declared to be not multi\-thread\-safe\&. This means that the code calling the functions described here must not call
\fBsetenv\fR(3)
from a parallel thread\&. It is recommended to only do calls to
\fBsetenv()\fR
from an early phase of the program when no other threads have been started\&.
.SH "HISTORY"
.PP
\fBsd_bus_message_skip()\fR
was added in version 240\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1), \fBsd-bus\fR(3), \fBsd_bus_message_read\fR(3), \fBsd_bus_message_read_basic\fR(3)
